In 1842, Louis Marie Eugène Bautain officially founded the Institute of St Louis in Juilly, outside Paris. Louis Marie Eugène Bautain was guided by the phrase “Sint Unum – May they be one”, taken from Our Lord’s prayer at the last supper (John 17:22). His vision of one world, healed, unified, and transformed, continues to inspire all the sisters do today. He was profoundly influenced by the spiritual act of union (known as the Turkenstein Pact) that was signed by Abbé Louis Joseph Colmar, Marie Madeline Louise Humann, and Marie Thérèse Brek, where they promised to remain united together in the heart of Christ until death, to fulfil Christ’s prayer
A two-part series was published in the Sisters of St Louis’ monthly newsletter Musings, and you can read both parts here by clicking on both links below: